Phoenix Area Tour Information

From Arizona’s capital, you can take Phoenix tours to the Grand Canyon, scan the nighttime skies over the desert, or enjoy the bygone era of miners and cowboys over the neighboring Apache Trail. Visit the desert via a Jeep or hover down the side of the deepest canyon in North America while riding a helicopter. The possibilities are endless on Arizona adventures from your Phoenix hotel room.

Go Grand When You’re Wondering What to do in Phoenix

Considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world, northern Arizona is the home of the Grand Canyon. Surprisingly, it’s not that far to see this amazing landmark. On the Grand Canyon Day Tour from Phoenix, you ride on a luxury van through the Sonoran Desert to Sedona and then through Oak Creek Canyon and the San Francisco Mountain for a noontime arrival to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. At an immense length of 277 miles, the Grand Canyon contains walls that are up to 6,000 feet high and spans a width of up to 18 miles. A number of excellent vistas are available to you on the South Rim. Your tour bus also takes in a 30-mile stretch of road that winds eastward along the rim for additional chances at photographs. You receive a fully guided tour, lunch, water and Grand Canyon National Park entrance fees with this perfect excursion to the Grand Canyon. One of the best features about this trip is its intimacy, since you’re in a van that holds up to 13 guests.

The Grand Canyon Day-Tour with Helicopter involves the same peaceful drive through the Sonoran Desert, but features a 30-minute helicopter ride beyond the South Rim through the Dragon Corridor of the Grand Canyon and to the North Rim. This deep gorge is intense from land, but absolutely outstanding from the air. You gain some remarkable photographs through the bubble windows of your luxury chopper as it hovers up and down the steep cliffs cut by the Colorado River seen at the canyon’s floor.

For the ultimate in Grand Canyon tours from Phoenix, take the Grand Canyon & Sedona 5 Day Adventure. The first day gets you to Sedona, where you have time for viewing the amazing red rock scenery and spending a night in this cozy town. On day two, you take a five-hour whitewater raft ride down the Colorado River into the Grand Canyon. A helicopter flies you from the valley floor to the Grand Canyon rim, and an awaiting shuttle motors you back to Sedona. You enjoy one of the Phoenix Jeep tours on the third day. There’s real four-wheel drive power in your transportation as you bounce over back trails viewing wildlife and intense red rock formations. Hiking the Grand Canyon is in the works for the fourth day, when you descend three to five miles into the canyon on a trail that changes 1,000 feet in elevation. A naturalist tour guide keys you in on geological interests and wildlife of this amazing region. The fifth day transports you back to Phoenix, where you can reflect on a vacation of a lifetime.

Enjoy Western Hospitality with Superb Phoenix Tourism

While you’re in Phoenix, you might as well become acquainted with Arizona’s capital by taking the four-hour Phoenix City Tour. Sights include the 1898-built Arizona State Capitol, Chase Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks and amazing views from Camelback Mountain and South Mountain Park. You’ll also tour Arizona State University in Tempe and the fashionable Scottsdale Arts District, along with a stop at Old Town Scottsdale.

The Apache Canyons Helicopter Tour is a perfect answer in Phoenix sightseeing tours for someone with limited time. This 45-minute exploration involves some flying over historic ghost towns where gold was once found, along with views of the Superstition Mountains, Red Mountain, the McDowell Mountains, Tonto National Forest, the Verde River, the Mazatzal Mountains and the Salt River Canyon. Your pilot gives you a tour and you get a champagne toast after the chopper sets back down on its pad.

Get a little flavor of the “wild west” by enjoying the Apache Trail & Canyon Lake Steamboat Cruise. From the Apache Trail, which was once a stagecoach track after it was a path for Native Americans, you get to view Miner’s Needle and Flat Iron Peaks of the Superstition Mountains. There’s a stop at a gold mining ghost town, containing saloons and stores like they stood in the 1800s. There’s even a high-noon gunfight reenactment that adds to the fun. From there you’re transported to Canyon Lake, where you board a steamboat for a 90-minute ride on the water. You’ll feel like a real western cowpoke when you finish this full day of adventure.

Receive Imaginative Fun through This Fine Phoenix Entertainment

There are some things to do in Phoenix that are out of the ordinary, but a real blast once you’re done. One such activity is the Star Gazing Tour from Phoenix. Nighttime viewing of the skies is intense from the desert that surrounds the “valley of the sun.” From deep in the desert and far from the city lights, it’s easy to see stars, constellations and planets. Powerful telescopes and an astronomy expert help you to view close-ups of planets, galaxies and nebulas shining through the dark night. A Phoenix hotel pick-up, snacks and water are included on this distinctive tour.

Have you ever had air combat dreams? Fulfill them with the ½ Day Advanced Air Combat Mission. Immediately after booking this tour, you get an air combat tactics manual to review before the event. When you get to the airport, you receive a made-to-order leather call sign and some combat flight gear. Combat maneuvers are reviewed and then your fighter pilot instructor and you are strapped into your aircraft for your mission. There’s some warm up time in the air and then you engage the enemy for head-on engagements. You get a debriefing after one hour of flight. A video of your air fight can be purchased once this 3½ adventure is completed. No experience is needed for your fun-filled undertaking.

You can spend some exceptional vacation time during your Arizona visit through these Phoenix tours. Everyone should see the Grand Canyon, which is easily accessible from the “valley of the sun.” When you add a few other tour ideas, you’re sure to return home with great memories and some unbelievable photographs that show all of the fun you’ll be talking about to your friends.